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2015 December EURAXESS LINKS Issue 82 JAPAN Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the December edition of the EURAXESS Links Japan newsletter! This month witnessed the very first edition of our event for European researchers based in Japan. Thanks to the numerous researchers who participated as speakers or attendees—the event was a great success. Check This Newsletter is also intended as out the ELJ activities section for more details! a communication tool with you all, so please do not hesitate to During this event, we launched our EURAXESS Survey of European contact us at [email protected] Researchers in Japan. This survey aims at better understanding the community: for comments, corrections or if you want to advertise for a particular its situation and needs, in order to potentially draft measures to enable more funding scheme or event. cooperation or mobility between Japan and Europe. You can fill the survey online until April 2016, so let us hear your voice! Also, the EURAXESS Links annual satisfaction survey is now open, so please take a few minutes to provide us your opinion! More than 65 calls are featured in this month’s newsletter, many of them with a deadline in January. Because of this, please do have a look for opportunities in our Grants and Fellowships section! Finally, this month’s EU insight features a piece on the latest ERC report, focusing on the grant distribution aspect over Europe. Enjoy the reading! Wishing you all a happy new year and all the best for 2016! Matthieu PY | EURAXESS Links Japan Country Representative | [email protected] EURAXESS LINKS JAPAN Contents 1 EU Insight – ERC’s “excellence only” principle leads to grant concentration in EU’s top institutions ....................................... 5 2 EURAXESS Links Japan activities .......................................... 7 2.1 EURAXESS Survey of European Researchers in Japan ...................... 7 2.2 European Research(ers’) Day report ..................................................... 8 3 News & Developments ............................................................ 9 3.1 EU, Member States and Associated Countries ..................................... 9 3.1.1 Historic climate deal in Paris: EU leads global efforts ............. 9 3.1.2 Tunisia joins Horizon 2020, the EU's Research and Innovation Programme .................................................................................... 10 EURAXESS Links Japan 3.1.3 Commission proposes a research-friendly copyright for open Newsletter is a monthly science and innovation in Europe .................................................. 11 electronic newsletter, edited by EURAXESS Links Japan, 3.1.4 291 young researchers across Europe receive EUR 429 which provides information of million in grants .............................................................................. 11 specific interest to European researchers in Japan and 3.2 Japan ................................................................................................... 12 Japanese researchers who are 3.2.1 MEXT new report on industry-academia collaboration .......... 12 interested in the European research landscape and 3.2.2 NISTEP first report on Japan Doctoral Human Resource conducting research in Europe Profiling .......................................................................................... 13 or with European partners. The information contained in 3.2.3 Japan Stays Bottom in Public Spending on Education (OECD) this publication is intended for 13 personal use only. It should not be taken in any way to reflect 3.2.4 Tuition of national universities may almost double in 2031 ... 14 the views of the European 3.3 EU-Japan Cooperation ........................................................................ 14 Commission nor of the Delegation of the European 3.3.1 European participation in Science Agora 2015 in Tokyo ....... 14 Union to Japan. 4 Grants & Fellowships ............................................................. 16 Please email: [email protected] for any 4.1 European Union ................................................................................... 16 comments on this newsletter, contributions you would like to 4.1.1 Open calls under Horizon 2020 ............................................. 16 make, if you think any other colleagues would be interested 4.1.2 New Horizon 2020 2016-2017 Work Programme: coordinated in receiving this newsletter, or calls and calls mentioning Japan ................................................... 16 if you wish to unsubscribe. 4.1.3 JEUPISTE project support actions for H2020 ........................ 18 Editor: Matthieu PY 4.1.4 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ........................................... 19 EURAXESS Links Japan Country Representative 4.1.5 European Research Council grants ....................................... 19 4.1.6 Erasmus+ Joint Master Degrees and Joint Doctorates ......... 20 December 2015 | Issue 82 | Page 2 of 52 EURAXESS LINKS JAPAN 4.1.7 Erasmus Mundus: TEAM project call for applications ........... 20 4.1.8 COST 2015 Call for proposals in Science and Technology... 21 4.1.9 Vulcanus in Japan Training Programme Call to Applications 2016 ............................................................................................... 21 4.1.10 Come to Europe! EURAXESS ERC, MSCA and Erasmus+ brochure ......................................................................................... 22 4.1.11 National EURAXESS Portals ................................................. 22 4.2 EU Member States and Associated Countries .................................... 22 4.2.1 Global ..................................................................................... 22 4.2.1 HFSP Frontier Research Grants 2017 ................................... 24 4.2.2 Austria .................................................................................... 25 4.2.3 Belgium .................................................................................. 28 4.2.4 Estonia ................................................................................... 30 4.2.5 Finland ................................................................................... 31 4.2.6 France .................................................................................... 31 4.2.7 Germany ................................................................................ 33 4.2.1 Greece ................................................................................... 35 4.2.2 Hungary .................................................................................. 35 4.2.3 Ireland .................................................................................... 36 4.2.4 Israel ...................................................................................... 37 4.2.5 Luxembourg ........................................................................... 37 4.2.6 Netherlands ............................................................................ 38 4.2.7 Norway ................................................................................... 39 4.2.8 Poland .................................................................................... 39 4.2.9 Sweden .................................................................................. 39 4.2.1 Switzerland ............................................................................. 40 4.2.2 Turkey .................................................................................... 42 4.2.3 United Kingdom ...................................................................... 42 4.3 Japan ................................................................................................... 43 4.3.1 JSPS Fellowships Programmes for Research in Japan ........ 43 4.3.2 JSPS Summer Programme 2015: Call for Applications in the UK, France, Germany and Sweden ............................................... 44 4.3.3 JST Funding for Horizon 2020 Japanese Partners ................ 44 December 2015 | Issue 82 | Page 3 of 52 EURAXESS LINKS JAPAN 4.3.4 RIKEN IMS Summer Programme 2016 ................................. 45 5 Jobs ....................................................................................... 46 5.1 EURAXESS Jobs ................................................................................. 46 5.2 Jobs in Europe (selection) ................................................................... 46 5.2.1 ERC Postdoctoral positions at Charles University, Czech Republic ......................................................................................... 46 5.2.2 MSCA PhD position, University of Vienna, Austria ................ 47 5.2.1 Scientific Projects Assistant position, Paris, France .............. 47 5.3 Jobs in Japan ....................................................................................... 47 5.3.1 JREC-IN ................................................................................. 47 5.3.2 Senior Advisor in S&T and Higher Education at Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo .......................................................... 48 5.3.3 Still open positions (see previous newsletters) ...................... 48 5.3.4 Other jobs in Japan ................................................................ 48 6 Events .................................................................................... 50 6.1 Events in Europe ................................................................................. 50 6.1.1 Other events in Europe .........................................................